{"id":13263,"date":"2024-02-08T12:38:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/iran-backed-hackers-interrupt-uae-tv-streaming-services-with-deepfake-news\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T12:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:38:17","slug":"iran-backed-hackers-interrupt-uae-tv-streaming-services-with-deepfake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/iran-backed-hackers-interrupt-uae-tv-streaming-services-with-deepfake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-backed hackers interrupt UAE TV streaming services with deepfake news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft analysts cite reports saying disruption by group known as Cotton Sandstorm also reached audiences in UK and Canada<\/p>\n<p>Iranian state-backed hackers interrupted TV streaming services in the United Arab Emirates to broadcast a deepfake newsreader delivering a report on the war in Gaza, according to analysts at Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>The tech company said a hacking operation run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, a key branch of the Iranian armed forces, had disrupted streaming platforms in the UAE with an AI-generated news broadcast branded \u201cFor Humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/feb\/08\/iran-backed-hackers-interrupt-uae-tv-streaming-services-with-deepfake-news\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0d82e72ef0223b8f0cdde147ba88498e4d7b0b5a\/121_79_1589_954\/master\/1589.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f5b6e69c44570bf2a4852eeadd7bb515\" title=\"Iran-backed hackers interrupt UAE TV streaming services with deepfake news\" \/>Microsoft analysts cite reports saying disruption by group known as Cotton Sandstorm also reached audiences in UK and Canada<br \/>\nIranian state-backed hackers interrupted TV streaming services in the United Arab Emirates to broadcast a deepfake newsreader delivering a report on the war in Gaza, according to analysts at Microsoft.<br \/>\nThe tech company said a hacking operation run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, a key branch of the Iranian armed forces, had disrupted streaming platforms in the UAE with an AI-generated news broadcast branded \u201cFor Humanity\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft analysts cite reports saying disruption by group known as Cotton Sandstorm also reached audiences in UK and Canada Iranian state-backed hackers interrupted TV streaming services in the United Arab Emirates to broadcast a deepfake newsreader delivering a report on the war in Gaza, according to analysts at Microsoft. The tech company said a hacking &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/iran-backed-hackers-interrupt-uae-tv-streaming-services-with-deepfake-news\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iran-backed hackers interrupt UAE TV streaming services with deepfake news<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13263"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}